1970 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Australia defeated Japan in the Zone A final, and India defeated Ceylon in the Zone B final.[2][3] In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Australia and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

Zone A

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
14–30 March
Semifinals
3–12 April
Final
17–19 April
  Philippines
Manila, Philippines
bye
  Philippines0
  Australia5
  Australiaw/o
Tokyo, Japan
  South Korea
  Australia5
Hong Kong
  Japan0
  Hong Kong0
Tokyo, Japan
  Japan5
  Japan5
Saigon, South Vietnam
  South Vietnam0
  South Vietnam3
  Indonesia0

Quarterfinals

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Hong Kong vs. Japan

 
Hong Kong
0
Hong Kong[5]
14–16 March 1970
 
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ling Fong
Keishiro Yanagi
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Kenneth Tsui
Isao Kobayashi
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Kenneth Tsui / Winston Wei-Chung
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
4
6
3
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Ling Fong
Isao Kobayashi
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Kenneth Tsui
Isao Watanabe
0
6
0
6
2
6
     

South Vietnam vs. Indonesia

 
South Vietnam
3
Saigon, South Vietnam[6]
28–30 March 1970
 
Indonesia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nguyễn Văn Thành
Atet Wijono
3
6
6
3
0
6
6
4
6
1
 
2  
 
Võ Văn Bảy
Gondo Widjojo
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3  
 
Võ Văn Bảy / Mao Văn Rèn
Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
4  
 
Võ Văn Bảy
Atet Wijono
          not
played
5  
 
Nguyễn Văn Thành
Gondo Widjojo
          not
played

Semifinals

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Philippines vs. Australia

 
Philippines
0
Manila, Philippines[7]
3–5 April 1970
 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Eduardo Cruz
Ray Ruffels
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Raymundo Deyro
Dick Crealy
2
6
6
4
2
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial
Dick Crealy / Allan Stone
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Raymundo Deyro
Ray Ruffels
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Eduardo Cruz
John Alexander
6
8
3
6
3
6
     

Japan vs. South Vietnam

 
Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan[8]
10–12 April 1970
 
South Vietnam
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Koji Watanabe
Võ Văn Thành
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Isao Kobayashi
Võ Văn Bảy
6
4
6
4
9
11
6
2
   
3  
 
Hidesaburo Kuromatsu / Yuji Tezuka
Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành
6
1
8
6
6
1
     
4  
 
Koji Watanabe
Võ Văn Bảy
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Isao Kobayashi
Võ Văn Thành
6
4
8
6
6
3
     

Final

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Japan vs. Australia

 
Japan
0
Tokyo, Japan[2]
17–19 April 1970
 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Koji Watanabe
Allan Stone
6
8
9
7
4
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Isao Kobayashi
Dick Crealy
4
6
2
6
6
2
4
6
   
3  
 
Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura
Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone
5
7
7
5
2
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Koji Watanabe
Dick Crealy
11
9
2
6
1
6
6
3
3
6
 
5  
 
Isao Kobayashi
Ray Ruffels
2
6
2
6
0
6
     

Zone B

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Draw

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Semifinals
14–30 March
Final
17–19 April
Patna, India
  India3
Bombay, India
  Pakistan1
  India5
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Ceylon0
  Malaysia0
  Ceylon3

Semifinals

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India vs. Pakistan

 
India
3
Patna, India[9]
28–30 March 1970
 
Pakistan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Haroon Rahim
4
6
5
7
10
8
6
2
   
retired
2  
 
Premjit Lall
Munawar Iqbal
13
11
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Munawar Iqbal / Haroon Rahim
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Sashi Menon
Munawar Iqbal
6
8
1
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Vijay Amritraj
Mohammed Arif Ilahi
7
5
7
5
8
10
5
5
  not
completed

Malaysia vs. Ceylon

 
Malaysia
0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[10]
14–16 March 1970
 
Ceylon
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Bernard Pinto
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Song-Kean Tan
Rupert Ferdinands
5
7
3
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan
Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
6
4
3
6
6
3
0
6
0
6
 
4  
 
Song-Kean Tan
Bernard Pinto
          not
played
5  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Rupert Ferdinands
          not
played

Final

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India vs. Ceylon

 
India
5
Bombay, India[3]
17–19 April 1970
 
Ceylon
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Bernard Pinto
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
2  
 
Premjit Lall
Senaka Kumara
6
0
6
3
6
2
     
3  
 
Vijay Amritraj / Sashi Menon
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
3
6
4
5
7
6
4
   
4  
 
Vijay Amritraj
Senaka Kumara
6
1
6
0
6
3
     
5  
 
Sashi Menon
Bernard Pinto
6
3
6
1
4
6
8
6
   

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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India vs. Australia

 
India
3
Bangalore, India[4]
3–5 May 1970
 
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Dick Crealy
3
6
6
8
6
4
6
3
6
2
 
2  
 
Premjit Lall
Ray Ruffels
6
2
6
8
6
3
3
6
14
12
 
3  
 
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
John Alexander / Allan Stone
13
15
4
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Premjit Lall
Dick Crealy
8
6
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ray Ruffels
6
3
7
5
4
6
3
6
6
6
not
completed

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong v Japan". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Vietnam v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Philippines v Australia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Malaysia v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
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